NCAA Women's Division III Cross Country Championship
The NCAA Women's Division III Cross Country Championship is an annual cross country meet to decide the team and individual national champions of women's NCAA Division III intercollegiate cross country running in the United States. It is held every fall, usually in November the Saturday before Thanksgiving.
Sport | Cross country |
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Founded | 1981 |
Most recent champion(s) | Johns Hopkins |
TV partner(s) | FloTrack Media |
Official website |
The most successful program is SUNY Cortland, with seventh national titles. The current champions are Johns Hopkins, who won their sixth title in 2019.
Format
The race included 9 teams in 1981, 12 teams from 1982 to 1986, 14 teams from 1987 to 1992, 21 teams from 1993 to 1998 and 24 teams from 1998 to 2005. Beginning in 2006, the national championship race has included 32 teams. Teams compete in one of eight regional championships to qualify. In addition to the 32 teams, 56 individual runners qualify for the national championship.[1]
Champions
- The race distance was 5,000 meters (5 kilometers) from 1981 to 1997 and 6,000 meters (6 kilometers) from 1997 to the present.[2]
NCAA Division III Women's Cross Country Championship | |||||||||
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Year | Finals Site (Host Team) |
Team Championship | Individual Championship | ||||||
Winner | Points | Runner-up | Points | Winner (Team) |
Time | ||||
1981 | Kenosha, WI (Carthage) |
Central (IA) | 26 | Glassboro State | 70 | Cynthia Sturm (Westfield State) |
18:43.30† | ||
1982 | Fredonia, NY (Fredonia) |
St. Thomas (MN) | 44 | UW–La Crosse | 83 | Tori Neubauer (UW–La Crosse) |
18:45.00 | ||
1983 | Newport News, VA (Christopher Newport) |
UW–La Crosse | 45 | St. Thomas (MN) | 70 | 16:29.00 | |||
1984 | Delaware, OH (Ohio Wesleyan) |
St. Thomas (MN) (2) | 50 | UW–La Crosse | 64 | Julia Kirtland (Macalester) |
17:23.55 | ||
1985 | Atlanta, GA (Emory) |
Franklin & Marshall | 73 | St. Thomas (MN) | 81 | Dorcas Denhartog (Middlebury) |
18:05.00 | ||
1986 | Fredonia, NY (Fredonia) |
St. Thomas (MN) (3) | 45 | Ithaca | 73 | Lisa Koelfgen (St. Thomas–MN) |
19:14.00 | ||
1987 | Holland, MI (Hope) |
St. Thomas (MN) (4) UW–Oshkosh |
81 | Ithaca | 85 | Shelley Scherer (Carleton) |
17:36.00 | ||
1988 | St. Louis, MO (Washington) |
UW–Oshkosh (2) | 69 | St. Thomas (MN) | 73 | Anna Prineas (Carleton) |
17:38.60 | ||
1989 | Rock Island, IL (Augustana–IL) |
Cortland State | 29 | UW–Oshkosh | 62 | Marybeth Crawley (Cortland State) |
17:19.00 | ||
1990 | Grinnell, IA (Grinnell) |
Cortland State (2) | 43 | UW–Oshkosh | 48 | Vicki Mitchell (Cortland State) |
17:24.71 | ||
1991 | Newport News, VA (Christopher Newport) |
UW–Oshkosh (2) | 98 | Cortland State | 103 | Laura Horejs (UW–Oshkosh) |
17:21.00 | ||
1992 | Schenectady, NY (Union) |
Cortland State (3) | 18 | Calvin | 108 | Sarah Edmonds (Gustavus Adolphus) |
18:09.80 | ||
1993 | Grinnell, IA (Grinnell) |
Cortland State (4) | 61 | Calvin | 93 | Renea Bluekamp (Calvin) |
17:46.70 | ||
1994 | Bethlehem, PA (Moravian) |
Cortland State (5) | 54 | Calvin | 115 | Michelle LaFleur (Cortland State) |
17:47.20 | ||
1995 | La Crosse, WI (UW–La Crosse) |
Cortland State (6) | 46 | UW–Oshkosh | 83 | Jessica Caley (Williams) |
17:24.50 | ||
1996 | Rock Island, IL (Augustana–IL) |
UW–Oshkosh (3) | 62 | St. Thomas (MN) | 113 | Turena Johnson (Luther) |
17:40.00 | ||
1997 | Cambridge, MA (MIT) |
Cortland State (7) | 148 | UW–Eau Claire | 167 | Tiffany Speckman (UW–Oshkosh) |
18:29.00 | ||
1998 | Carlisle, PA (Dickinson) |
Calvin | 124 | TCNJ | 170 | Cheryl Smith (Cortland State) |
17:48.39 | ||
1999 | Oshkosh, WI (UW–Oshkosh) |
Calvin (2) | 85 | Middlebury | 119 | Rhaina Echols (Chicago) |
16:46.20 | ||
2000 | Spokane, WA (Whitworth) |
Middlebury | 103 | Williams | 123 | Johanna Olson (Luther) |
17:54.40 | ||
2001 | Rock Island, IL (Augustana–IL) |
Middlebury (2) | 98 | Williams | 166 | Dana Boyle (Puget Sound) |
16:46.00 | ||
The race distance changes from 5 kilometers to 6 kilometers | |||||||||
2002 | Northfield, MN (St. Olaf) |
Williams | 42 | Middlebury | 145 | Missy Buttry (Wartburg) |
20:17.30† | ||
2003 | Hanover, IN (Hanover) |
Middlebury (3) | 135 | Trinity (CT) | 174 | 20:00.20 | |||
2004 | Eau Claire, WI (UW–Eau Claire) |
Williams (2) | 110 | Middlebury | 129 | 20:22.00 | |||
2005 | Delaware, OH (Ohio Wesleyan) |
SUNY Geneseo | 88 | Williams | 107 | Hailey Harren (Gustavus Adolphus) |
21:51.90 | ||
2006 | Wilmington, OH (Wilmington) |
Middlebury (4) | 144 | Amherst | 145 | Sarah Zerzan (Willamette) |
22:31.00 | ||
2007 | Northfield, MN (St. Olaf) |
Amherst | 120 | Plattsburgh State | 159 | 20:54.00 | |||
2008 | Hanover, IN (Hanover) |
Middlebury (5) | 179 | Calvin | 237 | Marie Borner (Bethel) |
20:43.91 | ||
2009 | Berea, OH (Baldwin Wallace) |
UW–Eau Claire | 171 | St. Lawrence | 180 | Wendy Pavlus (St. Lawrence) |
21:28.00 | ||
2010 | Waverly, IA (Wartburg) |
Middlebury (6) | 185 | Washington University—St. Louis | 193 | 20:49.30 | |||
2011 | Oshkosh, WI (UW–Oshkosh) |
Washington University—St. Louis | 70 | Middlebury | 111 | Chiara Del Piccolo (Williams) |
20:52.08 | ||
2012 | Terre Haute, IN (Rose-Hulman) |
Johns Hopkins | 158 | Wartburg | 221 | Christy Cazzola (UW–Oshkosh) |
20:53.30 | ||
2013 | Hanover, IN (Hanover) |
Johns Hopkins (2) | 85 | Williams | 137 | Chelsea Johnson (St. Scholastica) |
21:11.70 | ||
2014 | Wilmington, OH (Wilmington) |
Johns Hopkins (3) | 87 | MIT | 112 | Amy Regan (Stevens) |
20:51.90 | ||
2015 | Winneconne, WI (UW–Oshkosh) |
Williams | 81 | Geneseo State | 179 | Abrah Masterson (Cornell College) |
21:23.00 | ||
2016 | Louisville, KY (Louisville) |
Johns Hopkins (4) | 128 | Washington University—St. Louis | 202 | Amy Regan (Stevens Tech) |
20:16.40 | ||
2017 | Elsah, IL (Principia) |
Johns Hopkins (5) | 96 | UW–Eau Claire | 191 | Khia Kurtenbach (Chicago) |
20:39.20 | ||
2018 Details |
Winneconne, WI (UW–Oshkosh) |
Washington University—St. Louis (2) | 98 | Johns Hopkins | 99 | Paige Lawler (Washington University—St. Louis) |
20:55.00 | ||
2019 Details |
Louisville, KY (Louisville) |
Johns Hopkins (6) | 125 | Washington University—St. Louis | 138 | Parley Hannan Ithaca College |
20:53.8[3] | ||
2020 | Terre Haute, IN (Rose-Hulman) |
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2021 | Louisville, KY (Louisville) |
- A † indicates a then-NCAA record-setting time for that particular distance.
- A time highlighted in ██ indicates the all-time NCAA championship record for that distance.
Summary
Team titles
Rank | Team | Titles | Years |
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1 | SUNY Cortland | 7 | 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997 |
2 | Johns Hopkins | 6 | 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019 |
Middlebury | 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010 | ||
4 | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 4 | 1987, 1988, 1991, 1996 |
St. Thomas (MN) | 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987 | ||
6 | Williams | 3 | 2002, 2004, 2015 |
7 | Washington–Saint Louis | 2 | 2011, 2018 |
Calvin | 1998, 1999 | ||
9 | Wisconsin–Eau Claire | 1 | 2009 |
Amherst | 2007 | ||
SUNY Geneseo | 2005 | ||
Franklin & Marshall | 1985 | ||
Wisconsin–La Crosse | 1983 | ||
Central (IA) | 1981 |
See also
- NCAA Women's Cross Country Championships (Division I, Division II)
- NCAA Men's Cross Country Championships (Division I, Division II, Division III)
- Pre-NCAA Cross Country Champions
References
- 2015 Division III Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships Handbook. NCAA. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
- http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_cross_country_champs_records/2012-13/d3wccchamps.pdf
- "leoetiming.com" (PDF). THE 2019 NCAA DIVISION III CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS. NCAA. 23 November 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019.